100 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
5683. Linum Organense ; glabrum, caule suffruticoso ramoso, 
foliis oppositis brevissime petiolatis exacte ellipticis, flori- 
bus axillaribus terminalibusque, petalis flavis, stylis ad — 
basin usque liberis, stigmatibus capitatis, capsula ovata - 
obtusa, valyulis dorso planis. E 
Has.’ Dry bushy places, near the summit of the Organ | 
Mountains. FI. March. + 
Suffrutex adscendens, ramosissimus, glaber. Rami teretes, - 
striati. Folia 5-6 lin.longa, 3 lin. lata. Calycina foliola ovato- 
lanceolata, acuta, trinervia, glanduloso-ciliata. Petala 5 lin. - 
longa, integerrima. Stamina 5, basi monadelpha, pistillo | 
breviora. Capsula 5-valvis, valvulis bifidis. Semen com | 
planatum, fulvum, tenuissime punctulatum. - 
TERNSTRÔMIACEZÆ, 
5681. Ternstrômia cuneifolia; folis petiolatis coriaceis cu- 
neato-obovatis indistincte glanduloso-dentatis apice emar- — 
ginatis margine revolutis uninerviis supra nitidis subtus : 
punctato-scabriusculis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, | 
foliolis calycinis valde inæqualibus rotundatis margine 
glanduloso-ciliatis, petalis rotundatis integris. * 
Has. Open places on the Organ Mountains, at an elevation - 
of about 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. Fl. March. - 
Frutex 2-3-pedalis, ramosus. Rami teretes, cortice cinereo - 
vestiti. Folia 12-16 lin. longa, 6 lin. lata. Petioli 34 lin. - 
longi. Pedunculi folio breviores. Petala alba. x 
Near T. carnosa, St. Hil. but differing in the EE 
leaves and ciliated calycine segments. 
MELASTOMACE. 
5709. Davya excelsa; arborea, glaberrima, ramis teretibus 
ramulis compressis, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 1 
acuminatis basicuneatis grosse serrato-dentatis 3-nervilsy | 
pedunculis axillaribus terminalibusque compressis trifloris; 
calycis tubo campanulato, limbo integro membranaceo extus 
infra marginem 5-dentato, antheris calcare bifido in stam. 
5 in aliis capitato-bilobo. | 
